Saturday, January 31, 2009
Help!
Hey bloggers, I need help. My little Chase, bless his heart, he is a sweet baby, but he does not let me sleep. He is 4 months and still wakes up about every 2 1/2 hours during the night to eat. He will not go back to sleep unless I feed him. He is always acting starving. I am so burnt out and my milk supply can't keep up. I try to supplement with a bottle, but he absolutely refuses. He acts like it it poison. He won't even suck on it. The moment it hits his lips he completely freaks out. So I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Are there any bottles that worked for you? I've tried Gerber Nuk, Mam, Soothie, and Dr. Browns. Please help before I die from exhaustion and sleep deprivation.
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So sorry Stacey! If you feel comfortable starting him on cereal, I would give that a try. We started Abbey on cereal when she was 4 months old because she wasn't sleeping through the night. It worked like a charm! Ela on the other hand is a different story! She wakes up twice a night to eat and we are giving her cereal so it didn't work with her. Good Luck! I have a couple of bottles you can try.
E was the same way about bottles. I tried them all and the playtex nurser was the only kind that worked for me....I also had to cut both my kids off of the boob until they took the bottle. they were/are both stubborn and for me it was the only way. With M I reintroduced nursing after she gave into the bottle and it worked out okay. I also did the cereal thing at 4 mo. Good luck
I wish I could help you! But my 6 month old is the exact same way. Everything you describe sounded like him. My Dr. says they are old enough to sleep 8-12 hours straight and they nurse for comfort. If you can handle it, let him cry it out. Sorry you have to deal with no sleeping that stinks.
I use avent bottle they are the only ones my kids will take. I am with the other girls try feeding him some cereal no more than about 2 tbls, just enough to make him think he is full and then let him cry it out. Does he take a pacifier? If not it will make him mad at first but work with him till he likes it. It took Maggie a lot of practice but she got it and I got sleep. I used to sleep with my hand holding the pacifier in the babies mouth at night. Uncomfortable, but I got sleep!!!
Can't wait to see you guys in March.
Try avent pacifiers but buy them a size small. My kids never used pacifiers bigger than 3-6 month.
I keep reading your comments because I have the same problem with Kinlee. Except she does take a bottle... just won't sleep more than 2-3 hours at night. Maybe I'll try the cereal early. Good luck! Wish I could help.
OK, I guess this officially makes me a blog stalker, but I totally feel for you and your sleepless nights. I found your cute blog in a round about way through Megan Robles and then through Marci Preece (who is hilarious by the way). I have a 7 month old little guy and a 4 yr old. a friend gave me the book On Becoming BABYWISE by Drs. Ezzo & Bucknam before my first baby. I stuck to it pretty well and both of my babies were sleeping through the night by 10wks (no lie). My sis also uses it with her 3 month old and he is sleeping ~10hrs straight. Mine both took the bottle (Avent) and the boob fine, so no help there. Though I also heard that if you can get them to take a paci, then it will become easier...I've also heard to try a sippy cup. Don't know if any of these will work for you as well as they did for me, but I guess it would be worth a try. Good Luck to you, I feel your pain!
Thanks for the comments, but I've called it quits. He won't take a bottle. Every time I try he absolutely freaks out and it stresses me out. I've tried everyone ever made...thanks to Leesa's help. We did start rice cereal this week and that went well. I mostly just wanted him to take a bottle for selfish reasons. I just wanted to be able to leave him with a sitter and not worry about being home to feed him. He getting older and going to be eating cereal well soon, so that day will come.
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